Introduction

Azadeh Moveni is the author of Guest House for Young Widows, who teaches at New York University. She has a piece in the latest issue of the L.R.B. on the protests in Iran following the death of Masa Amini last month. Azadeh: Some people seem to wonder whether she was targeted because she was Kurdish. Not at all. It wouldn't have been obvious looking at her that she's of that ethnic background. The authorities have claimed that she had pre-existing medical conditions and that something sort of existingly wrong with her was triggered by her detention. But clearly she was healthy when she was picked up by the police and something happened